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Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On Chords

0Chorus:
     G0                D1
1Alright, already the show goes on
     Em2                        D3
2alright, till the morning we dream so long
    C4                      D5
3anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
     Am6
4just remember when you come up
     D7
5the show goes on!
6
7Verse:
G8                                  D9
8Have you ever had the feeling that you was being had
           Em10
9Dont that sh_t that make you mad
      D11                           C12
10They treat you like a slave, with chains all on your soul,
        D13                              C14
11and put whips up on your back, they be lying through they teeth
        D15
12hope you slip up off your path
        G16
13I dont switch up I just laugh
       D17
14put my kicks up on they desk
    Em18                          D19
15unaffected by they threats than get busy on they a_s
           C20
16see thats how that ChiTown made me
        D21
17Thats how my daddy raised me
      C22                                 D23
18that glittering may not be gold, dont let no body play me
G24                          D25
19if you are my homeboy, you never have to pay me
   Em26                             D27
20Go on and put your hands up, when times are hard you stand up
C28                       D29
21L-U-P the man, cause a brand that the fans trust
   C30                           D31
22so even if they ban us theyll never slow my plans up!
23
24Chorus:
     G32                D33
25Alright, already the show goes on
     Em34                        D35
26alright, till the morning we dream so long
    C36                      D37
27anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
     Am38
28just remember when you come up
     D39
29the show goes on!
30
31Verse:
G40
32One in the air for the people that aint here
D41
33Two in the air for the father thats there
Em42
34Three in the air for the kids in the ghetto
D43
35Four for the kids who dont wanna be there
C44
36None for the n-ggas trying to hold them back
D45
37Five in the air for the teacher not scared to
C46
38tell those kids thats living in the ghetto that the
D47
39n-ggas holdin back that the World is theirs!
G48                              D49
40Yeah yeah, the World is yours, I was once that little boy
Em50
41Terrified of the World
D51
42Now Im on a World tour
C52                          C53
43I will give up everything, even start a world war
C54                                   D55
44for these ghetto girls and boys im rapping round’ the World for!
G56                   D57                    Em58
45Africa to New York, Haiti then I detour, Oakland out to Auckland
D59
46Gaza Strip to Detroit,
C60
47say hip-hop only destroy
D61
48tell em look at me, boy!
C62                                D63
49i hope your son dont have a gun and that would be a D-boy
50
51Chorus:
     G64                D65
52Alright, already the show goes on
     Em66                        D67
53alright, till the morning we dream so long
    C68                      D69
54anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
     Am70
55just remember when you come up
     D71
56the show goes on!
57
58Verse:
      G72
59So no matter what you been through
   D73
60no matter what you into
    Em74                           D75
61no matter what you see when you look outside your window
C76
62brown grass or green grass
D77
63picket fence or barbed wire
C78
64Never ever put them down
D79
65you just lift your arms higher
G80
66raise em till your arms tired
D81
67Let em know youre there
         Em82                                D83
68That you struggling and survivin that you gonna persevere
      C84                     D85
69Yeah, aint no body leavin, no body goin home
      C86                              D87
70even if they turn the lights out the show is goin on!
71
72Chorus:
     G88                D89
73Alright, already the show goes on
     Em90                        D91
74alright, till the morning we dream so long
    C92                      D93
75anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
     Am94
76just remember when you come up
     D95
77the show goes on!

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